IL-33, a proposed alarmin, stimulates innate immune cells and Th2 cells to produce IL-13 and is rapidly upregulated upon antigen exposure in murine helminth infection. The human IL-33 response to helminth antigen was analysed in Malians infected with Schistosoma haematobium by disrupting parasite integrity via chemotherapy. Plasma IL-33 was measured pretreatment, and 24 h and 9 weeks post-treat...

Targeting perfectionism in psychological treatment has shown to be effective in improving negative affect, one of the two most potent risk factors for eating disorders (Fittig & Jacobi, 2010), and decreasing symptomology of disordered eating. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a guided self-help intervention focussed on perfectionism to improve negative affect and the symptoms of disor...

Epidemiologic studies of breast cancer [reviewed in (1)] have for several decades focused on the role of reproductive factors during adult life. A new line of research opened when it was suggested that perinatal events and conditions may influence a woman’s breast cancer risk throughout her life (2,3). Five separate epidemiologic studies (4– 8) have tested this hypothesis. Besides a weak associ...

Early-stage mycosis fungoides (MF) can be treated with different regimens such as oral photo-chemotherapy (Psoralen and UVA-PUVA). There have been some studies showing the effectiveness of combination of interferon (IFN) with PUVA. In this study, we aimed to evaluate retrospectively the patients with early-stage MF treated with IFN + PUVA. Six patients with the diagnosis of early stage (Ia-IIa)...

The present study sought to test the efficacy of a brief theory-based intervention to promote regular consumption of breakfast, and to expand previous results suggesting that the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) can be meaningfully applied to breakfast consumption. A four-armed randomised controlled trial was conducted. Participants (n=349) were allocated to receive either a (1) positively fra...

Reduced cell proliferation may mediate anti-carcinogenic effects of caloric restriction (CR). Using heavy water (H2O) labeling, the cell proliferation response to CR was investigated in detail, including the time course, effect of refeeding, and role of intermittent feeding with 5% CR. In the time course study, 8-week-old female C57BL/6J mice were placed on a 33% CR regimen (food given 3 times/...

In rice, high concentration of lead (Pb) can cause phyto-toxicity affecting several physiological functions. Cultivation rice varieties that are resistant to Pb-induced oxidative stress is an important management strategy in Pb-contaminated soils. the current study, we evaluated four different cultivars for their response stress. Three japonica type X-Jigna, Ediget, and Furat, one Indica cultiv...

It is unclear whether the glucose lowering effects of an exercise session are augmented by training. Therefore, we sought to assess the effects of a four-week exercise training program on the acute response of blood glucose to a single exercise session in patients with T2DM. A Quasi experimental design was used. Thirty-four patients with T2DM (18 males) completed a four-week exercise regime con...

The following problem has been open since 1985: Does there exist an infinite word w over a finite set of non-negative integers such that w does not contain any two consecutive blocks with the same length and the same sum? This problem was considered independently by Brown and Freedman (in 1987), Pirillo and Varricchio (in 1994), and Halbeisen and Hungerbüher (in 2000). We show that the answer i...